DYNAMIC STATE ESTIMATION OF AN OPERATIONAL STATE OF A GENERATOR IN A POWER SYSTEM

• US 20200132772A1
• Filed: 07/18/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Imperial College Innovations Ltd. (Imperial College London)
• Original Assignee: Imperial College Innovations Ltd. (Imperial College London)
• Inventors: SINGH, Abhinav, PAL, Bikash
• Application Number:
  US16/631,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20200132772A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/343 in operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2203/20 Simulating, e g planning, reliability check, modelling or computer assisted design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/241 The oscillation concerning frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/242 using phasor measuring units [PMU]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/22 Flexible AC transmission systems [FACTS] or power factor or reactive power compensating or correcting units
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/20 Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security

Abstract

Example embodiments described herein are directed towards dynamic state estimation of an operating state of a generator in a power system. Such estimation is performed for an individual generator in real time with improved accuracy and without the use of Global Position System (GPS) synchronization.

Claims

1-61. -61. (canceled)

62. A method for Dynamic State Estimation, DSE, of an operational state of a generator in a power system, the method comprising:

receiving measured voltage and current analog signals associated with the generator;

sampling the received measured signals to voltage and current discrete signals;

estimating magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances, respectively, for each variable, using the discrete voltage and current signals as an input in a Discrete Fourier Transform, DFT;

calculating a power variable and associated power variance based on the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances for each variable; and

estimating the dynamic state of the generator using at least a subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances for each variable, and the calculated power variable and the associated power variance using a state estimator.

63. The method of claim 62, wherein the estimating the dynamic state of the generator is based on, at least in part, estimating a relative angle as a difference between a rotor angle and the estimated voltage phase.

64. The method of claim 63, wherein the estimating the relative angle further comprises estimating the relative angle according to Δ

{dot over (α

)}ⁱ=(ω

ⁱ−

f_Vⁱ), where α

is the difference between the rotor angle and the estimated voltage phase, co is rotor speed and f_V is the frequency variable of the voltage of the i^th generator.

65. The method of claim 62, wherein the sampling further comprises multiplying the voltage and current discrete signals with a window function.

66. The method of claim 65, wherein the multiplying with the window function further comprises multiplying according to

67. The method according to claim 62, wherein the subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current is the estimated magnitude of the voltage, the estimated frequency of the voltage and the estimated magnitude of the current.

68. The method according to claim 67, wherein the estimated magnitude of the voltage and the estimated frequency of the voltage and associated voltage variances are inputs to the state estimator, and are utilized as pseudo-inputs, and are provided in differential equations of the state estimator, and the estimated magnitude of the current and the calculated power and associated current and power variances are provided as an algebraic equation and are given as measurement inputs to the state estimator.

69. The method according to claim 68, wherein the differential equations are represented as x^ik=x^ik+T₀ǵ

^l(x^ik, ú

^ik, {acute over (w)}^ik)+v^ik⇒

x^ik=gⁱ(x^ik, u^ik, {acute over (w)}^ik)+v^ik, where x is a column vector of a state, k=(k−

1), T₀ is a sampling period in seconds, g is a discrete form of a differential function, u is a column vector of pseudo-inputs, w is a column vector of noise, i is the i^th generation unit, and k is the k^th sample and the algebraic equation is represented as

70. The method according to claim 62, wherein the subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current is the estimated magnitude of the current, the estimated frequency of the current and the estimated magnitude of the voltage.

71. The method according to claim 70, wherein the estimated magnitude of the current and the estimated frequency of the current and associated current variances are inputs to the state estimator and are used in differential equations of the state estimator, and the estimated magnitude of the voltage and the calculated power and associated voltage and power variances are represented as an algebraic equation and is given as a measurement input to the state estimator.

72. The method according to claim 62, wherein the subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current is the estimated magnitude of the voltage, the estimated magnitude of the current and the estimated frequency of the voltage.

73. The method according to claim 72, wherein the estimated magnitude of the voltage and the estimated magnitude of the current and associated voltage and current variances are inputs to the state estimator and are used in differential equations of the state estimator, and the estimated frequency of the voltage and the calculated power and associated voltage and power variances are represented as an algebraic equation and is given as a measurement input to the state estimator, wherein the calculated power is reactive power.

74. The method according to claim 62, wherein the subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current is the estimated magnitude of the current, the estimated frequency of the current and the estimated magnitude of the voltage.

75. The method according to claim 74, wherein the estimated magnitude of the current and the estimated frequency of the current and associated current variances are inputs to the state estimator and are used in differential equations of the state estimator, and the estimated magnitude of the voltage and the calculated power and associated voltage and power variances are represented as an algebraic equation and is given as a measurement input to the state estimator.

76. The method according to claim 62, wherein the calculated power is real power or reactive power of the generator.

77. The method according to claim 62, wherein the estimation of the magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated variance for each variable further comprises estimating according to

78. The method according to claim 62, wherein the DFT is an interpolated DFT.

79. The method according to claim 62, wherein the state estimator is an Unscented Kalman filter, UKF.

80. An apparatus for Dynamic State Estimation, DSE, of an operational state of a generator in a power system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver to receive measured voltage and current analog signals associated with the generator;

a processor to sample the received measured signals to voltage and current discrete signals;

the processor to estimate magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances, respectively, for each variable, using the discrete voltage and current signals as an input in a Discrete Fourier Transform, DFT;

the processor to calculate a power variable and associated power variance based on the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances for each variable; and

the processor to estimate the dynamic state of the generator using at least a subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances for each variable, and the calculated power variable and the associate power variance using a state estimator.

81. A computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by an apparatus for Dynamic State Estimation, DSE, of an operational state of a generator in a power system, cause the apparatus to:

receive measured voltage and current analog signals associated with the generator;

sample the received measured signals to voltage and current discrete signals;

estimate magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances, respectively, for each variable, using the discrete voltage and current signals as an input in a Discrete Fourier Transform, DFT;

calculate a power variable and associated power variance based on the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances for each variable; and

estimate the dynamic state of the generator using at least a subset of the estimated magnitude, phase and frequency variables of the voltage and current, as well as associated voltage and current variances for each variable, and the calculated power variable and the associate power variance using a state estimator.